OpenAI outlines plan for AGI — 5 steps to reach superintelligence

OpenAI has quickly become one of the most important AI companies, with models used by both Apple and Microsoft and its own productivity platform in ChatGPT with millions of monthly subscribers. But the company says its goal is still to build an AI superintelligence.

ORIGINAL LINK: https://www.tomsguide.com/ai/chatgpt/openai-has-5-steps-to-agi-and-were-only-a-third-of-the-way-there

Study proposes framework for 'child-safe AI' following incidents in which kids saw chatbots as quasi-human, trustworthy

Artificial intelligence (AI) chatbots have frequently shown signs of an "empathy gap" that puts young users at risk of distress or harm, raising the urgent need for "child-safe AI," according to a study. The research, by a University of Cambridge academic, Dr.

ORIGINAL LINK: https://techxplore.com/news/2024-07-framework-child-safe-ai-incidents.html

ChatGPT maker OpenAI developing new breakthrough reasoning technology code-named ‘Strawberry’. Why is it important?

2 min read 13 Jul 2024, 09:29 AM IST Sam Altman, chief executive officer of OpenAI, arrives for the Allen & Co. Media and Technology Conference in Sun Valley, Idaho, US, on Tuesday, July 9, 2024.

ORIGINAL LINK: https://www.livemint.com/technology/tech-news/chatgpt-maker-openai-developing-new-breakthrough-reasoning-technology-code-named-strawberry-11720835396713.html

Study proposes framework for 'child-safe AI' following incidents in which kids saw chatbots as quasi-human, trustworthy

Artificial intelligence (AI) chatbots have frequently shown signs of an "empathy gap" that puts young users at risk of distress or harm, raising the urgent need for "child-safe AI," according to a study. The research, by a University of Cambridge academic, Dr.

ORIGINAL LINK: https://techxplore.com/news/2024-07-framework-child-safe-ai-incidents.html

OpenAI is reportedly nearing AI systems that can reason. Here's why that could be a cause for concern.

OpenAI has a new scale to mark its progress toward artificial general intelligence, or AGI. According to a Bloomberg report, the company behind ChatGPT shared the new five-level classification system with employees at an all-hands meeting on Tuesday.

ORIGINAL LINK: https://www.businessinsider.com/openai-nears-ai-systems-reason-cause-concern-sam-altman-chatgpt-2024-7

First “Miss AI” contest sparks ire for pushing unrealistic beauty standards

An influencer platform called Fanvue recently announced the results of its first "Miss AI" pageant, which sought to judge AI-generated social media influencers and also doubled as a convenient publicity stunt.

ORIGINAL LINK: https://arstechnica.com/information-technology/2024/07/first-miss-ai-contest-sparks-ire-for-pushing-unrealistic-beauty-standards/

Perplexity Just Stole ChatGPT's Best Feature and Is Doing a Better Job

Key Takeaways Perplexity AI introduced a new voice interface, outshining ChatGPT's feature with a better user experience and more natural conversational flow.

ORIGINAL LINK: https://www.howtogeek.com/perplexity-just-stole-chatgpts-best-feature-doing-a-better-job/